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GSOH? not me apparently

Marjorie195

I recently got roped in to help with a street collection for the MS society (multiple sclerosis).

While collecting, a man said in passing "are you collecting for Marks and Spencers"?

I immediately replied "no the multiple sclerosis society".

I do wish that I could learn to keep my mouth shut long enough to realise someone is joking. I am so slow at these things, even though I am a pensioner.

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  • I think there is more to this than just being able to spot sarcasm. The barrier to seeing sarcasm is being able to read facial expressions and vocal intonation properly. I don't know much about Clapham or the bus service there, let alone men on the buses, but my perspective is that it is not much fun being caught out of step. And it is upsetting.

    But we also seem to have a different sense of humour and find different sorts of things funny. Now I'm fairly intrigued by multiple meanings, and I confess I'd have been thinking Marks and Spencer even if I might be able to resist actually asking. Being inappropriate is an aspie thing, and I've got a feeling it could just be me one day that asks some poor multiple sclerosis collecting person the same thing.

    So I would advise don't worry about this one, but I agree I'm too easily caught out by sarcasm and it isn't fun when you realise you've just been caught out. The thing is non-autistic people are tuned into accepting when they get caught out as part of life. Not having good social referencing means it hurts people on the spectrum.

    So I don't think you can just dismiss it.

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  • I think there is more to this than just being able to spot sarcasm. The barrier to seeing sarcasm is being able to read facial expressions and vocal intonation properly. I don't know much about Clapham or the bus service there, let alone men on the buses, but my perspective is that it is not much fun being caught out of step. And it is upsetting.

    But we also seem to have a different sense of humour and find different sorts of things funny. Now I'm fairly intrigued by multiple meanings, and I confess I'd have been thinking Marks and Spencer even if I might be able to resist actually asking. Being inappropriate is an aspie thing, and I've got a feeling it could just be me one day that asks some poor multiple sclerosis collecting person the same thing.

    So I would advise don't worry about this one, but I agree I'm too easily caught out by sarcasm and it isn't fun when you realise you've just been caught out. The thing is non-autistic people are tuned into accepting when they get caught out as part of life. Not having good social referencing means it hurts people on the spectrum.

    So I don't think you can just dismiss it.

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